Jan Karon

Jan Karon is an American novelist born in 1937 in Lenoir, North Carolina. She writes for both adult and young readers, and is best known for the Mitford novels, a New York Times-bestselling series set in the fictional village of Mitford. The Mitford series centers on Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopal priest, and explores life in the small Southern town through interconnected characters and stories. The series has become popular with readers seeking character-driven fiction set in close-knit communities. Her most recent Mitford novel, My Beloved, was released in October 2025.

Books by Jan Karon

• Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good (2014)
• Come Rain or Come Shine (2015)
• To Be Where You Are (2017)
• In the Company of Others (2010)
• My Beloved (2025)
• At Home in Mitford (1996)
• Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader (2010)
• A Continual Feast (2005)
• Bathed in Prayer (2018)
• Light from Heaven (2006)
• A Light in the Window (2005)
• These High, Green Hills (2005)
• Out to Canaan (2005)
• A New Song (2005)
• A Common Life (2002)
• In This Mountain (2005)
• Shepherds Abiding (2004)
• Home to Holly Springs (2007)